Before Quinnipiac:A four-year varsity lacrosse letter winner at Xavier (Conn.) High School… Earned First Team All-State and First Team All-Conference honors...Named to the New Haven Register “All-Area" and the Hartford Courant "All-Courant" Teams … Named Team Captain and MVP senior year…Tallied 213 career points. Appeared in the Top 205 Rising Senior All-Star Game at the University of Maryland, the Connecticut Super Junior All-Star Game at Yale University, and the Brine Blue Chip 225 Rising Junior All-Star Game at Bryant University … Also lettered in ice hockey at Xavier … Played club lacrosse for the Bulldog Lacrosse Club of New Haven, Conn.

Personal:The son of Diana and John Kycia … Born in Hartford, Conn. … Has an older brother, Jay … Father, John, played varsity men’s tennis at Assumption College … Great Uncle, Lou Dell, was a professional boxer … A business major.